Tobacco pouch



' Aug. -3 192s. 1,594,989

- L. AUSTER ET AL ToBAcco POUCH Filed April 8. 1925 Patented Aug. 3,1926.

LOUIS AUSTER AND MARIE AUSTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOBACCO POUCH.

Application led April 8, 1925.

This invention relates to tobacco pouches of the flexible type which areadapted to be carried in a pocket.

In all forms o-f pouches, whether fieX- ible or of the semi-flexibletype, where a mouth is provided between the free edge Of the front walland the adjacent portion of the rear wall and closed by a flap formingan extension of said rear wall, great difficulty has been experienced inpreventing loss of the granules of tobacco from the pouch, due to thefact that the free edge of the front wall fails to coact with the rearwall normally to form a closure, and the flap can not aid in forcingsaid free edge into engagement with the adjacent wall ot' the pouch.Furthermore, the walls are usually formed of relatively thin material,for lessening the weight of the pouch, and Athis factor tends rather tolessen the efficiency of the device since the relatively thin free edgeat the mouth will flare outwardly from the adjacent wall at points andpermit escape of the tobacco, even when the closure flap has beensecured in place.

It is an object of the present invention to provide not only areinforcement for the relatively thin edge of the front wall of atobacco pouch, but a. member which may be forced into frictionalengagrnent with the rear wall of the pouch by the usual closure flap andseal the mouth of said pouch against loss of its contents.

A. further object of the invention is the provision of a reinforcing ribextending the the length of the mouth of a tobacco pouch and carried bythe free end of the front wall, the ribv being adapted to be forced intofrictional contact with the adjacent portion of the rear wall andmaintained in such contact at all times by the flap folded over' saidfree edge and secured in place at points on the outer face of the frontwall.

lith the above recited and other objects in view, the invention residesin the novel construction set forth in the following specification,particularly pointed out in t-he appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved toembodiments other than those actually illustrated herein, to the fullextent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claimis expressed.

Serial No. 21,608.

of the pouch taken along' the line 2 2 of F l;

Fig.y 3 is a transverse vertical section talren along the line 3-3 ofFig. l; and

Fig. t is a transverse vertical section similar to the section shown inFig. 3 but disclosing a modified form of the pouch.

Referring' more particularly to the draw-v ings, l designates a frontwall and 2 a rear wall which has an extension 3. which.y is

adapted to be folded over the outer face of the front wall and forming aclosure for the pouch. The front and rearwalls are joined together byside walls 4t and a bottom wall 5. The upper edge 6 of the front wall lterminates at points along the rear wall where the closure flap 3 lisconnected to the rear wall and thereby providing a mouth through whichthe contents of the pouch may be discharged or whereby the pouch may befilled with granules of tobacco. The front wall is provided with themember 7 of a snap fastener, while the closure flap is provided with acomplementary member 8 of the snap fastener, so that when the flap isplaced in contact with the front wall l and the members 7 and 8 areforced into engagement with each other, the snap fasteners will lock theclosure in position.

The construction ust described will, when the flap is in closedposition, permit granules of the tobacco to escape from the pouch atpoints where the flap 3 is connected to the rear wall 2, and since therear wall and front wall are spaced from each other the flexibility ofthe material will further aid in forcing the granules from the pouch atthese points.

In order to prevent the contents from being occasionally discharged fromthe pouch, we have provided a rib 9 at the upper edge 6 of the frontwall and connected to the inner face of said wall. As shown in Figsf lto 3, this rib is not only secured to the front wall l but isconnected'at its eX- treme ends tothe side walls i, so that the frontwall is free of the rear wall throughout its width. The rib dependingfrom the front Wall normally engages the inner face of the rear wall inrictional contact and prevents the gradual discharge of the granules oftobacco from the pouch. When the 'flap is closed and locked by themembers of the snap fasteners, the portion of the flap designated by thenumeral l0 Will exert pressure on the raised upper edge 6 of the frontWall l and force the free edge of the rib in frictional contact With theinner 'face oi the rear Wall and eliminate all possibility of the escapeof the granules of tobacco.

ln the modified form shown in Fig. 4, the construction is identical inall respects With the pouch shown in Figs. l to 3 inclusive, with theexception that the rib 9 is secured. 'for a portion of its lengtha asshown at ll, to the rear Wall and adjacent the opposite ends of the rib.The closure flap 3a will force the free portion of the rib likewise intorict-ional Contact with the rear Wall 2a and thus prevent the Oradua-ldischarge of the tobacco. The rib is connected to the Vupper edge 6a ofthe frontivall 1L and is of suiicient depth to provide for the thicknessof the side Walls 4a which space the iront wall l from the rear Wall, asshown in the preferred form. Complementary members 7 and 8 of snapA'fasteners are connected to the front Wall and fiap 3a in thesameinanner as has been described with reference to Figs. l tol 3.

What We `claimV is n A rubber tobacco pouch including front andrearwalls, side and bottom Walls connecting the front andy rearWallstogether and spacing them apart at their bottom and side edgesy therear wall extending beyond 'the free edge of the front Wall to defineaclosure Hap oldable upon the front Wall, an integral solid rib ofrectangular cross seetion projecting inwardly from the free edge of thefront wall, said rib corresponding to the thickness of the bottom andside Walls, whereby all edges of the front Wall are main- Vtained inspaced relation to thefrear Wallg anu a pocket is defined, the ribfrictionally engaging the rear Wall to prevent the zgradual discharge orthe contents of' the pouch.

Louis fiestras; MARIE ilustres.

